A sales representative demonstrates using an Oppo phone at an Oppo store in Jakarta (Photo: jakartaglobe.id) Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s imports fromChina reached 62.18 billion USD in 2023, accounting for 28.02% of total importsor 221.189 billion USD and down 7.41% compared to 2022, the country’sStatistics Bureau (BPS) has reported.
According to the BPS, the top imports of Indonesiafrom China were smartphones (1.95 billion USD), accounting for 3.14% of totalgoods imports from China, followed by laptops (1.64%), transmission equipment (1.36%),mechanical goods (1.23%), and garlic (1.04%), among others.
Japan was Indonesia’s second largestsupplier with a market share of more than 7.4%, worth 16.44 billion USD.
Indonesia main imports from Japan included flat-rollediron and steel products worth 0.47 billion USD, accounting for 0.75% of totalimports from the East Asian country, followed by motor vehicles (0.65%), auxiliaryequipment (0.53%), and gearbox (0.47%), among others.
The BPS recorded the value of Indonesia's imports in December2023 at 19.11 billion USD, down 2.45% from the previous month. In particular,non-oil and gas imports were recorded at 15.74 billion USD, down 2.26% from16.10 billion USD last month.
Meanwhile, oil and gas imports in December 2023reached 3.37 billion USD, a fall of 3.33% from November 2023 at 3.49 billion USD.
For oil and gas, theimport value of oil products increased by 2.44%, while the import value ofcrude oil and gas decreased by 15.25% and 11.55%, respectively./.
